Monthly Archives: February 2019

Music for Vespers of Quinquagesima Sunday, 3 March 2019

Sunday, 3 March 2019, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of Quinquagesima Sunday
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Magna opera Domini & Psalm 110 (mode iii)
Qui timet Dominum & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Sit nomen Domini & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Deus autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Stans autem Jesus (mode i)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (mode vi)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (Werner)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday, 3 March 2019

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Psalm-Prelude Set 2, No. 2 (Ps. 139:11) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Hymn at the Procession: In Thee, Lord, Have I Put My Trust (In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr)
Missa Come la tourturelle (Giorgio Flori, c.1558-c.1594)
Gregorian Mass of Quinquagesima: Esto mihi
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Alonso Lobo, 1555-1617)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce ascendimus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Postlude: Psalm-Prelude Set 2, No. 3 (Ps. 33:3) (Howells)

Music for the Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise to the Lord (Lobe den Herren)
Introit: Factus est Dominus (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Domine Deus meus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine convertere (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Communion: Cantabo Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Learn Your Faith: Euthanasia/La Eutanasia

One of the fundamental moral precepts of the Catholic Church, derived from Revelation and the Natural Law, is that the direct and voluntary killing of an innocent human being at any stage of life from conception to natural death is always gravely immoral. Euthanasia, or “mercy killing” as it is sometimes called, is “an action…
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Teen Catechism: Wed. March 13

Teen Catechism with Fr. Ringley Date: WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2019 Time: 6:00 - 8:15 p.m. (Second Wednesday of this month since Ash Wednesday falls on March 6.) Location: St. Mary's Church, in the upper church – 669 West Ave. Norwalk Bring friends! We will meet in the Church for 6:00 PM Mass, Proceed to the…
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Music for Sexagesima Sunday, 24 February 2019

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Concerto en ré majeur: Prélude (Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, 1724-1799)
Hymn at the Procession: Thy Kingdom Come, O God (St. Cecilia)
Missa Caça (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Juan García de Salazar, 1639–1710)
Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore, cum turba plurima (Morales)
Postlude: Concerto en ré majeur: Allegro (Balbastre)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World's Light (Christe sanctorum)
Introit: Domine, in tua misericordia (plainsong, mode v)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Ego dixi: Domine (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Verba mea (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Intende voci (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Intende voci orationis meae (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Communion: Narrabo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: God so loved the world (John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Matrimony and Happiness

“Happiness is anyone and anything at all that’s loved by you.” So say the words of a song from the musical You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. While this definition of happiness may elicit a warm, fuzzy feeling from those who see the musical, it was not particularly useful during a debate in my theology…
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Music for Septuagesima Sunday, 17 February 2019

Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Trio Sonata (Op. 18/II): I. Rasche, energische Halbe (Hugo Distler, 1908-1942)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
Missa Simile est regnum caelorum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Circumdederunt me (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Simile est regnum caelorum à 4 (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Postlude: Trio Sonata (Op. 18/II): III. Recht geschwinde Achtel (Distler)

Music for the Sixth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Faith of Our Fathers (St. Catherine)
Introit: Esto mihi (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Tu es Deus (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Benedictus es Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Communion: Manducaverunt (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: The Beatitudes (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above